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Jorn Utzon died aged 90 on 29 Nov 2008
He died from a heart attack in his sleep

Jørn Utzon to be honoured with an Australian state memorial service on 25 March at the Sydney Opera House. His son and daughter will attend. Ticket allocation wioll be by ballot system. Performances from the Sydney Symphony, Opera Australia, The Australian ballet and Sydney Theatre Company will mark the service.

Key Buildings List, Images & Lecture on the life and work of Jørn Utzon

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Sydney Opera House : photo supplied by RIAS

Jorn Utzon : Pritzker Architecture Prize
Danish architect Jorn Utzon designer of the Sydney Opera House, Australia, received the 2003 Laureate of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, the Nobel Prize of the architecture world.

The Pritzker Prize ceremony took place at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. Jorn Utzon is the first Dane to become a Pritzker Laureate.

Jorn Utzon architect - Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1978

Jørn Utzon by Professor Richard Weston - Talk at the RIAS Conference 2004, Review by Adrian Welch
Professor Richard Weston
Professor Richard Weston: Jørn Utzon expert and author of Utzon book

Jørn Utzon by Professor Richard Weston


Key Buildings

Courtyard-Style Housing, Denmark
1956-58
Preceding the Sydney Opera House were two housing developments in Denmark. The Kingo Houses in Helsingør. Sixty-three L-shaped houses were built in rows following the contours of the site, providing views for each house, and access to sunlight and shelter from the wind. For many architects the Kingo Houses remain one of their favourite projects due to the scheme's combination of simplicity and inventiveness.
Kingo Houses

Sydney Opera House, Australia
1957-73
Utzon worked with Ove Arup on this seminal building, but sadly in 1966 Jorn Utzon left Sydney in a cloud of controversy.
Sydney Opera House

Bagsvaerd Kirke, Copenhagen
1974-76
Utzon's next major design - after returning to Denmark after Sydney - was the Bagsvaerd Church, Copenhagen. Jorn Utzon planned the interior vaults after being inspired by banks of clouds.
Bagsværd Church

Fredensborg Houses, Denmark
1962
47 courtyard and 30 terraced houses grouped around a square in staggered blocks of three. Utzon integrated communal meeting and dining functions with private houses; guest rooms were also included, unusually as a separate clustered element.
Fredensborg Houses

Kuwait National Assembly
1982
The Kuwait National Assembly famously slings a huge curved canvas over the main spaces. The canvas fabric recalls the use of concrete at the Bagsværd Church.
Kuwait building

Two Houses, Majorca
Utzon moved to Majorca in the early 1970s. With his wife Lis he lives in a house designed by himself, Can Feliz. The architecture is very solid and simple. Can Feliz has been described as a miniature acropolis.
Majorca Houses

Bagsværd Kirke
Bagsvaerd Church Danmark
image © adrian welch 2002

Jørn Utzon - Works

Church at Bagsvaerd, north Copenhagen, Denmark
1974-76

Houses in Fredensborg, Fredensborg, North Sealand, Denmark
1959-62

Kingo Houses, Elsinore, Denmark
1956

Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
1957-73

Kuwait National Assembly Complex (architectural competition 1971-72), Kuwait
1982

Fredensborg houses (Terrasserne), Denmark
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Esbjerg Theatre and Concert Hall (Musikhuset Esbjerg), Denmark

Can Feliz - Mallorca, Spain
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Skagen Odde Nature Centre, Denmark
1999-2000
Jørn, Kim and Jan Utzon

Humana Zimbabwe
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Kalkbrænderihavnen - Copenhagen waterfront
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Paustian furniture sales and exhibition building, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Herning Shipping - office building for Herning Shipping Company, Denmark
1986

Dunkers Kulturhus - Dunkers house for culture, Hälsingborg, Sweden
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Kim Utzon

Stride Strømme : Meeting place, Samsø, Denmark Institute of Technology, Odense, Denmark
1986

IICD - Dowagiac, Michigan, USA
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Marienlyst Hotel extension, Marienlyst, Helsingør, Denmark
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Extension to an old sea-side hotel

Vejle hotel, Denmark
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uno-X petrol station, Herning, Denmark
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Petrol filling station for the uno-X petrol company

Ro-house, Fyn, Denmark
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Kalvebod Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark - Project
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Povl Ahm house - private, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England
1960-62
with Povl Ahm
Grade II listed

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Jørn Utzon: Sketch for Sydney Opera House:
Jorn Utzon, Australia
image supplied by RIAS

Practice Information

Jørn Utzon architect
1918-
Son of Aage Utzon

Wife : Lis Utzon

Utzon's sons: Kim and Jan

Projects designed in collaboration with his sons:

Bagsvaerd Church, Copenhagen

Paustian furniture and design showroom, Copenhagen : Nordhavnen

Kim Utzon Architects : Utzon Centre, Denmark



Jorn Utzon by Professor Weston, 2004

Jorn Utzon, Architect
Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon: photo supplied by RIAS

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The spelling of Jørn Utzon has been recast in places as Jorn Utzon so typical browsers can provide an intelligible character, and thus title for the architect - apologies to Danes and perfectionists!

Jørn Utzon : Pritzker Prize Winner 2003



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